Classical

  • Jewel

    Jewel

    Elizabeth Holowell (violin) & Robert Constable (piano)

    Holowell and Constable take a personal journey through Australian music for violin and piano. Includes a number of otherwise unrecorded works.

    ACD 110 : buy cd | more info

  • Elegy

    Elegy

    New Zealand Chamber Soloists

    The New Zealand Chamber Soloists were formed in 2006 from a range of artists who have connections with the University of Waikato, and all of whom have national and international careers as performers.

    ACD 209 : buy cd | more info

  • Aurora Australis

    Aurora Australis

    Various Performers

    More than 150 minutes of musical performance from the 2007 Asia Pacific Festival, Wellington, New Zealand. Recorded live.

    ACD 113 : buy cd | more info

  • acd909 Richard Farrell the complete recordings

    Volume 2:
    The Complete Recordings

    Richard Farrell 1926 - 1958

    Volume 2 (2 CDs) in the Richard Farrell series with recordings of works by Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Granados, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Schumann.

    ACD 909 : buy cd | more info

  • acd208 Richard Farrell plays Grieg, Brahms, Liszt

    Volume 1:
    The Complete Recordings

    Richard Farrell 1926 - 1958

    Volume 1 (2 CDs) of a special series devoted to the recordings of the legendary NZ pianist playing Grieg, Brahms, Liszt.

    ACD 208 : UK distribution | buy cd | more info

  • DeConstruction - Tzenka Dianova

    DeConstruction

    Tzenka Dianova plays Satie & Cage

    Prepared piano exponent Tzenka Dianova presents her original and beautiful approach to the piano.

    ACD 309 : buy cd | more info

  • Bach in the Italian Style

    Bach in the Italian Style

    James Tibbles harpsichord

    Bright and beautiful baroque - Performed on a fine copy of Christian Zell’s spectacular 1728 instrument.

    ACD 509 : buy cd | more info

  • acd104 Sound Tracks

    Bartok

    NZSQ Complete String Quartets

    Dramatic and heartfelt performances from the 1990s, now reissued on Atoll.

    ACD 119 : buy cd | more info

  • acd109 Gung-Ho Vodafone NZ Music Awards 2009 Winner Best Classical Album

    Gung-Ho

    Virtuoso works for Trombone - David Bremner

    Trombone virtuso Bremner in a programme that runs from death defying acrobatics to the smoothest sounds you'll ever hear. Featuring four new solo trombone works.

    ACD 109 : buy cd | more info

  • sing in exultation!

    Terence Maskell conducts The Graduate Choir, NZ

    Christmas resonates with the sound of familiar seasonal music - music that is evocative, uplifting, cheerful, and above all, comfortable.

    ACD 308 : buy cd | more info

  • A Sound came from Heaven

    The Graduate Choir, NZ

    Considered one of the finest choirs in NZ, here is a terrific second CD from them, with repertoire based on their recent Spring tour.

    ACD 407 : buy cd | more info

  • Rustic Revelry

    Pepe Becker and David Morriss

    Songs about love and wine, by Bach and Purcell, pesented in authentic period style.

    ACD 506 : buy cd | more info

  • ACD106 Viktoriya Dodoka

    RACHMANINOV SONGS

    Viktoriya Dodoka

    Viktoriya Dodoka sings Rachmaninoff Songs, with Iola Shelley, piano.

    ACD 106 : buy cd | more info

  • Piano Masterworks

    Piano masterworks from America & New Zealand

    Thomas Hecht

    NZ/American concert pianist Thomas Hecht releases first solo CD.

    ACD 205 : buy cd | more info

  • My Spirit Sang All Day

    My spirit sang all day

    The graduate choir, nz

    Conducted by Terence Maskell, this group of young voices from South Auckland is heard in a spectacular collection of music from around the world.

    ACD 105 : buy cd | more info

  • SZEKELY & DVORAK QUARTETS

    SZEKELY & DVORAK QUARTETS

    New Zealand String Quartet

    The hugely anticipated first recording of the 1937 quartet by Zoltan Szekely, coupled with one of Dvorak's most charming and folk-influenced works...

    ACD 703 : buy cd | more info

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    RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

    PROKOFIEV Selection from ROMEO & JULIET

    Auckland Philharmonia, with Michael Houstoun (piano) and Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductor)

    "... fire when required and poetry too"

    ACD 102 : buy cd | more info

  • Mirage

    Mirage

    Carolyn Mills (solo harp)

    "Here is the ideal easy-listening recital, exquisitely played by the NZSO's principal harpist...

    ACD 602 : buy cd | more info

  • Song of the Black Swan

    Song of the Black Swan

    Carolyn Mills & Dawn Harms

    "...gentle, sometimes quirky, but always beautifully played collection"...

    ACD 199 : buy cd | more info

  • The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)

    The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)

    NZSO Chamber Orchestra with Donald Armstrong (Violin)

    "In a market crowded with versions of these concerti, the NZSO Chamber Orchestra has given us a first-class, vivid, well-recorded reading...

    ACD 702 : buy cd | more info

  • Landmarks

    Landmarks

    Christchurch Symphony with Marc Taddei (conductor) and Martin Setchell (organ)

    "In all, an outstanding issue ...the sound has an immediacy that jumps out of your speakers."

    ACD 401 : buy cd | more info

  • Imtimate Landscapes

    Intimate Landscapes

    Amanda Hollins and Richard Mapp

    Amanda Hollins, leading NZ/Aus. flutist joins with one of New Zealand's finest concert pianists to create a beautiful CD of flute classics...

    ACD 902 : buy cd | more info

  • Christmas a cappella II

    Musica Sacra

    This beautiful album from one of NZ's leading choirs is a sequel to the very successful "Christmas a cappella", no.1 in the NZ classical charts in 2001.

    ACD 207: buy cd | more info

  • Extempore

    Extempore

    Extempore

    Music by the Sons of Bach, performed by NZ based period instrument ensemble Extempore.

    ACD 204 : buy cd | more info

  • Debussy Preludes

    Debussy Preludes

    Tamas Vesmas, piano

    "...performances of honour, precision and insight."
    des from Rumanian pianist Tamas Vesmas, Goldmedal winner of the International Claude Debussy Competition...

    ACD 599 : buy cd | more info

  • Debussy & Ravel String Quartets

    Debussy & Ravel String Quartets

    New Zealand String Quartet

    "...some of the most intense and emotionally involving Debussy and Ravel on disc." ClassicsToday.com...

    ACD 399 : buy cd | more info

  • Beethoven: 'Ramu

    BEETHOVEN: ‘Rasumovsky’ Quartets Opus 59 no's 2&3

    New Zealand String Quartet

    "...the NZSQ communicates - even on disc there are moments you'll feel like shouting and cheering" Rod Biss, Sunday Star Times, 26 May 2002...

    ACD 402 : buy cd | more info

  • Christmas A Cappella

    Christmas A Cappella

    Musica Sacra

    This is the perfect traditional Christmas album - reached #1 on NZ classical charts, December 2001...

    ACD 501 : buy cd | more info

  • Musica Sacra

    Musica Sacra

    Musica Sacra conducted by Indra Hughes

    Superb follow-up CD to Musica Sacra's 2001 chart-topping Christmas release...

    ACD 802 : buy cd | more info

  • Serenata

    Serenata

    Patricia Wright & David Vine

    (CO-PRODUCTION ACADEMY OPERA TRUST)
    Puccini, Mascagni, Rossini, Verdi
    "This disc is charming, revealing some long-dormant treasures." - American Record Guide...

    A 9803 : buy cd | more info

  • Verdi Requiem (Live)

    Verdi Requiem (Live)

    Opera New Zealand/APO/Braithwaite

    WRIGHT, CARROLL, GREAGER, MACANN
    "Outstanding live recording including top soloists and chorus."...

    A 9805 : buy cd | more info

  • J.S. Bach Harpsichord Works

    J.S. Bach harpsicord works

    Anthony Jennings

    (ATOLL/TRUST CO-PRODUCTION)
    Great early music exponent in his last harpsichord recordings...

    MMT 2024 : buy cd | more info

  • Fantastic Musick for the Italian Harpsichord

    Fantastic Musick for the Italian Harpsichord

    Anthony Jennings

    (ATOLL/TRUST CO-PRODUCTION)
    Great early music exponent in his last harpsichord recordings...

    MMT 2025 : buy cd | more info

  • Colours of Change

    Colours of Change

    New Zealand Ensemble with Sarah Watkins (piano) and Justine Cormack (violin)

    "...wildly successful, wild being the operative word"

    ACD 101 : buy cd | more info